Letter: Pontiffs are far from perfect

Wednesday

I respond to the Dec. 16 letter "God does not steer us wrong" from R.S. Johns. Jesus' words to us read: "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one (Matthew 6:13)."

The pope's intentions are clear: He defies God with his claims of "language distortion." Remember the popes' claim that they speak infallibly as Christ's vicar on earth. The popes have assumed for themselves the opinion that they are Christ on earth. What a self-condemning attitude that is.

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Pope Francis also opposes calling Jerusalem Israel's capital, something that it has been for thousands of years.

Before anyone calls any pope "his holiness," one should look at the history of the Catholic Church. Under guidance of many popes, millions of people have been murdered during the Crusades and Inquisitions. Many people were murdered for refusing to be forced into converting to Catholicism.

How many "infallible" popes allowed their child-molesting officials to escape man's judgment?

Eric BrantCutler

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